Richard Opper
ASIN: B003URRONG
Publisher: Amazon.com
Pages: 330
Heart of the Monster is an historical novel about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The title refers to the control room where the decisions were made that led to the world’s worst nuclear accident. It also refers to the efforts of a young Ukrainian man to come to terms with the monster in his own heart as he learns from his visiting American relatives that he is a Jew, a difficult revelation for a life-long anti-Semite. This is an explosive tale of personal and environmental turmoil that moves from Pripyat, Ukraine to the Unit 4 control room to the Babi Yar World War 2 massacre site.